Subject: hoyy spirit bap. evidence tounges? |
Bible Note: Sir Pent: The parsing of Greek and Hebrew words and phrases which Tim Moran frequently engages in is a genuine service to this forum. Perhaps no current user of the forum is so well equipped to do so as Tim. THIS IS NOT DIVISIVE. Ray likes to talk about capitalization with respect to scriptural references to Deity, and perhaps some may feel it is a trifle overdone, but IT IS NOT DIVISIVE. Our beloved user Cyclist opens and closes his every post with words of praise to Almighty God, but IT IS NEITHER DIVISIVE NOR OFFENSIVE. Sir Pent, what is divisive, disruptive and grows to be offensive is the unending, incessant, unproductive and stubborn practice of soap boxing and combative debating of a centuries-old ism, be it Calvinism or any other ism, on which the finest minds in Christendom have never been able to effect general agreement among themselves and, should this world stand for thousands of years hence, it is unlikely that some of these knotty issues will ever be resolved. The numbers of posts on Greek and Hebrew words and on capitalization pale into insignificance when they are viewed in juxtaposition with the numbers of posts on the Calvinism debates. Any disruption, divisiveness or ill will engendered by Tim's posts on linguistics, Ray's on capitaization, or Cyclist's on praise, if any do in fact exist, which I doubt very strongly, would be miniscule indeed in comparison to the damage that constant debate over controversial and potentially exposive issues that are highly charged with denominational bias exerts on this forum. It is patently unfair and inconsiderate to other members of this forum that any one of its users be allowed to plaster this forum day after day with little if anything more than a one-sided view of Scripture based entirely upon his own doctrinal bias or denominational tradition, no matter what that bias or that tradition may be. --Hank |